Support for clothes-lines.



Patented Aug. I, I899.

No. 629,804. r

W. MULLEN. SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES LINES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MUIJLEN, 0F NEIV YORK, N. Y.

' SUPPORT FOR CLOTHES-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 629,804, dated August 1, 1899.

I Application filed August 18. 1898. Serial No. 688,847. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM MULLEN, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supports for Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to supports for clothes-lines; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device for this purpose which is adapted to be secured to a windowframe and to be used in connection with a pole or other support adjacent to the building with the window-frame, to which my im: proved support is connected.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the accompanying drawings form a part, and in which- Figure l is an inside View of a windowframe, showing my improved support conuected therewith, part'of the construction beiug shown in section; Fig. 2, a section of the window-frame on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, a vertical section of said window-frame and showing also a section of the windowsashes mounted therein, said sashes being both in their highest position.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in said drawings I have shown at 5 a part of the wall of a building and at 6 a part ofa windowframe. I have also shown at 7 and 8 the upper and lower sashes, respectively, and in the practice of my invent-ion I provide a support of the class herein specified, which comprises a plate 9, which is secured to one part 10 of a hinge 11, which is secured to the outer side of the window-frame,'and said plate 9 is provided with a supplemental plate 12, which is seen red thereto and longitudinally adj ustable thereon, said plate 9 and the supplemental plate 12 being provided with perforations 13, which are adapted to register and through which are passed screws or bolts 14.

The supplemental plate 12 is provided at its outer end with a curved portion 15," which projects at an angle thereto and with which is pivotally connected a yoke 16, in which is mounted a pulley 17, and in practice an endless line 18 is passed over said pulley in the usual manner.

The inner side of the part 10 of the hinge 11 with which the plate 9 is connected is provided with a keeper 19, through which passes a rod 20, provided with hooked arms 21, which project at an angle therefrom, and said arms 21 are adapted to swing on their support and may be turned at right angles to the windowframe, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or may be folded parallel with the side of the plate, and

the clothes-line or the separate sides thereof are passed through the hooks or keepers at the ends of said arms when said line is in use. I also secure to the inner side of the frame a plate 22, to which is hinged a catch 23, which is provided with an upwardly-directed pin 24, and the catch 23 is designed to serve as a support for the outer end of the plate 9 and the supplemental plate 12 connected therewith.

My improved support is pi votally connected with the part 10 of the hinge 11 and is adapted to swing vertically thereon, as shown in Fig. 8, and by means of this construction the free end of the support maybe brought nearer to a party standing within the window or Within the room or compartment adjacent to the window, so as to facilitate the placing of the line on the pulley l7 and detaching said line from said pulley whenever desired.

It will be u nderstood that the free end ofthe line 18 is connected with a pole or other support in the usual manner, and by means of the pivotal connection of my improved support with the hinge 11 or the plate 10 thereof the entire support may be swung outside of the room or compartment, so as to not interfere with the raising and lowering of the windowsash, it being understood that when the support is in use the lower sash may be raised, as shown in Fig. 3.

My improvement is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

The pulley 1-7 and yoke 16 are not shown in Fig. 1 for thereason that it is not deemed necessary to do so.

Having fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters of said hinge and adapted to swing in a vertical plane and also in a horizontal plane, a supplemental part connected with said main part and longitudinally adjustable thereon, said supplemental part being provided at its outer end with a curved portion, a pulley-sup port pivotally connected with said curved portion, and a pulley mounted in said support, said frame being also provided with a hinged or pivoted catch which is adapted to support the free end of said supplemental part, that part of the hinge with which said main part is connected being provided with a rod or pin mounted vertically therein and adapted to turn therein, said rod or pin being provided at its upper and lower ends with a hook or keeper, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described support for lines,

comprising a hinge which is adapted to be secured to the outer side of a window-frame, a main part pivotally connected with one part of said hinge and adapted to swing in a vertical plane and also in a horizontal plane, a supplemental part connected with said main part, said supplemental part being provided at its outer end with a curved portion, a pulley-support pivotally connected with said curved portion, and apulleymounted in said support, said frame being also provided with a hinged or pivoted catch, which is adapted to support the free end of saidsupplemental part, that part of the hinge with which said main part is connected being provided with a rod or pin mounted vertically therein and adapted to turn therein, said rod or pin being provided at its upper and lowerends.with--- .a hook or keeper, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 'I-have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of August, 1898.

WILLIAM MULLEN.

WVitnesses:

T. A. STEWART, V.'l\'[. VosLER. 

